MİT officials, captured by PKK, talk on Erdoğan government’s ties with ISIL
Erhan Pekçetin and Aydın Günel, two high ranking Turkish National Intelligence Organisation (MİT) officials, who were captured by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)...
Turkish gov’t issues detention warrants for 16 military personnel and more over alleged links...
The Ordu Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on Tuesday issued detention warrants for 16 military personnel of various ranks as part of a witch-hunt targeting...
CHP deputy: Reyhanlı rockets fired from inside Turkish territory
Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy Mevlüt Dudu on Tuesday said rockets that killed one and injured 46 in the Reyhanlı district...
Turkish radio show host calls on police to kill Afrin operation critics
Kral FM radio host Ali Şentürk, known as “Afrikalı Ali,” called on security forces to kill anybody who criticizes Turkey’s operation in the Kurdish-controlled...
Turkish gov’t detains at least 91 more over alleged propaganda on social media against...
Turkish government has detained at least 91 more people across Turkey on Tuesday over their alleged propaganda and criticism against the ongoing military operation together...
Turkish charitable businessman’s heart couldn’t bear Erdoğan regime’s oppressions
Naim Çıtır, founding chairman of Konya Business Union AKTİSAD, who was jailed and whose assets were confiscated during the Turkish government's massive post-coup witch...
US White House urges Turkish gov’t to exercise restraint in Afrin
Meanwhile, the number of detainees across Turkey over their posts on social media has increased to 58 on Monday. The detainees have been accused...
Turkish gov’t detains at least 20 people over alleged links to Gülen movement
Turkish government has detained at least 20 people across Turkey on Monday as part of its massive post-coup witch hunt campaign targeting the alleged...
Journalists Hürtaş, Demir and dozens more detained by Turkish police over criticism against Afrin...
Journalist Sibel Hürtaş, Ankara Bureau Chief of Germany-based online news outlet Artı Gerçek was detained by Turkish police at her house in Ankara on...
Former acting US Attorney complaints over attacks came from Turkey during Zarrab probe
Former acting US attorney in Manhattan Joon H. Kim, who oversaw the Turkish banker Mehmet Hakan Atilla, who was convicted of helping orchestrate what...
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